Field Collection compatibility

Repro plan? Patch?

Reproduced this and made a node dump that shows that only a reference is visible in the node object and not the raw data. This does not integrate in current logic's and requires a lot of extra work. I'm not going to work on this myself.

So to get this going, apply #1946252: Create hooks to allow modules to extract and replace links then add something like so in your custom module

/**
 * Implements hook_linkchecker_extract_node_links().
 */
function MYMODULE_linkchecker_extract_node_links($node) {
  $text_items = array();
  list($id, $revision, $bundle) = entity_extract_ids('node', $node);
  $instances = field_info_instances('node', $bundle);
  $wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('node', $node);
  foreach ($instances as $instance) {
    if (($field = field_info_field($instance['field_name'])) &&
        ($field['type'] == 'field_collection')) {
      foreach ($wrapper->{$instance['field_name']} as $item) {
        $text_items[] = render($item->view());
      }
    }
  }
  return $text_items;
}

Works a treat.

So to get this going, apply #1946252: Create hooks to allow modules to extract and replace links then add something like so in your custom module

/**
 * Implements hook_linkchecker_extract_node_links().
 */
function MYMODULE_linkchecker_extract_node_links($node) {
  $text_items = array();
  list($id, $revision, $bundle) = entity_extract_ids('node', $node);
  $instances = field_info_instances('node', $bundle);
  $wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('node', $node);
  foreach ($instances as $instance) {
    if (($field = field_info_field($instance['field_name'])) &&
        ($field['type'] == 'field_collection')) {
      foreach ($wrapper->{$instance['field_name']} as $item) {
        $text_items[] = render($item->view());
      }
    }
  }
  return $text_items;
}

Works a treat.

Hi Guys, patch ready

was small mistake. new patch appended

Loving the patch - and it's working nicely - however, if you do end up with a broken link in the field collection then currently it is not possible to view this in the report - I have updated the patch to allow the linkchecker to add field_collection fields to the list of fields it does it's access control checks on ...

Perhaps it would be better for linkchecker to scan all entity types / bundles instead of just nodes.

This patch seems to work... but it does need to display broken links...

Eric

D7 reached its EOL back in January 2025, and there is no active release for D7 for this module anymore.
Development or support is not planned for D7. All D7-related issues are marked as outdated in a bunch.

If the issue remains relevant for D10+ versions, merge requests with proposed solutions for a new module version (D10+) are welcome in a new follow-up issue.

Thanks!